Analysis: Taleban attack is bid to force UN out of Afghanistan

The Taleban attack on an international guesthouse in Kabul today is its bloodiest assault yet on the United Nations in Afghanistan – and represents a major escalation of its campaign to disrupt next week’s presidential election run-off.

The attack, which killed 12 people including six UN staff, appears to be designed to force the UN to pull out of Afghanistan altogether – just as it did from Iraq after a truck bomb at its headquarters there ... Full Story »

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by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 28, 2009

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